19 People Know the Struggle of Growing Up with Asian Parents

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Taiwanese/Chinese here. My mom threatened to divorce my dad because I failed a test. Bad grades tear families apart.

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Crazy Asian parents told me if I left a single grain of rice in my bowl I’ll get a spot/pimple/whatever on my face for every grain.

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My Taiwanese mother was desperately trying to persuade me to get back with my ex and was telling me that the fortune teller lady calculated that my Chinese name and his Chinese name were very compatible together. She doesn’t care that my ex is still a selfish man child who refuses to get a job or that i’m very happy with my boyfriend right now.

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My Asian friends parents plastic wrap everything: spoons, fruit, individual halves of a sandwich -you name it! Once her dad plastic wrapped a spoon, then put it in a plastic bag.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.